Puzzle



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH XV. HANSON, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

PUZZLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 357,923. dated February 15, 1887.

Application filed November 15. 1886. Serial No. 218,839. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern; l

Be it known that I, J OSEPH NV. HANSON, of Boston, in the county of Suffolk, State of Massachusetts, have :invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Puzzles, of which the following is a description sufficiently full, clear, and exact to enable any person skilled in the art or science to which said invention appcrtains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specication, in which- Figure l is an isometrical perspective View of my improved puzzle represented in posi tion for use; Fig. 2, a like view of the board with the pins removed, and Fig. 3 an eleva tion showing one of the pins detached.

Like letters of referenceindicate correspond ing parts in the different gures of the drawings.

The invention consists in certain novel details of construction, as hereinafter fully set forth and claimed, the object being to produce a more amusing and desirable article of this character than is now in ordinary use.

The nature of the improvement will be readily understood by all conversant with such matters from the following explanation.

In the drawings, A represents the body or board, and B O the pins.

The body consists of a tlat block, preferably square in area and composed of wood, in one face of which are bored twentyseight holes, x, arranged in seven rows of four holes each, the holes in every alternate row being opposite the spaces between the holes of the preceding row, as best seen in Fig. 2. Eighteen pins, B O, of such size as to loosely it said holes, are arranged in the holes fr in two sections or groups consisting of nine pins each, said sections having the form of truncated cones and their apices arranged in juxtaposition, as shown in Fig. I, the pins of each group being of a different color, design, or material from those in the opposite group to enable them to be easily distinguished.

To solve the puzzle the player must transpose the pins B, or bring them into the position occupied by the pins C, and vice versa, by jumping the pins over each other, one pin only being passed at each jump or play. For instance, the pin 5 of group H may be jumped over'pin 6 into hole 7, the pin 8 of group O over the pin 9 into hole 10, and so on until the groups have been entirely transposed, as above stated.

I do not confine myself to using the exact number of holes ir, shown in the drawings, as either or both ofthe holes a d may be omitted, thereby making the puzzle much more difficult of solution. self to constructing the pins B C and body A of the exact shape shown in the drawings, as a body of any suitable shape in which the holes can be arranged as specified will serve the purpose.

As before stated, the holes a d may be omitted without entirely departing from the spirit of my invention. It is, however, essential to retain the hole b, in order that the puzzle may be solved.

In describing the drawings all of the holes are designed to be included in the reference m, the letters a b d being used merely for convenience in designating certain of said holes which may or may not be omitted.

Having thus explained my invention,what I claim is Theimproved puzzle herein described, the same consisting ot' the body or board A, provided with a series of holes, x, arranged in rows of four holes each, the holes in each alternate row standing opposite the spaces in the adjoining row, in combination with two sets of pins, B C, adapted to iit said holes, each set consisting of nine pins of a different color, design, or material from those lot the opposite group, substantially as described.

JOSEPH W. HANSON.

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